President Biden is expected to release the US intelligence report fingering Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in the brutal killing and dismemberment of then Washington Post correspondent, Jamal Khashoggi…
They’re the gold standard for Covid vaccines but that laurel may be fleeting. A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus may reduce antibody protection from…
While his home state was in a frozen crisis, senator Ted Cruz headed for the sun and warmth of Cancun. Big problem. Cruz has a face as recognizable as a…
James Lovelock once depicted human beings as parasites that grow to numbers that overwhelm their host, Earth, sending the host into a powerful fever that, in turn, kills off the…
The Japanese government has been catching hell from the International Olympic Committee over its sexist policies. Former Japanese prime minister, Yoshiro Mori, headed Tokyo’s Olympic Organizing Committee until it came…
Don’t Mess With Texas – at least not while it’s neck deep in a mess of its own making. But when you’re the government, go for the easy out –…
It’s not easy to stay current with Covid developments in Canada, province by province, and yet it’s at the provincial level that many of the boneheaded decisions are taken. In…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jonah Brunet points out the wide variety of definitions of the term “lockdown” in response to COVID-19 – with imprecision in the meaning…
Rush Limbaugh has departed this mortal coil. Lung cancer. Age 70. Trump bid adieu, calling Limbaugh “a true American legend.” “In theory, he could have been gone four months ago,…
Embedded cats.
Climate change is the mortal enemy of public infrastructure – the highways, railways, ports and electrical grids we (i.e. our parents and grandparents) built to facilitate our modern economies. The…
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kamran Abbasi makes the case to treat the avoidable deaths resulting from the mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic as a form of…
There is a group of people I think of as the Cognoscenti, people who are well educated, very informed and of rapidly diminishing relevance. Their ranks include writers such as…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – As we lay the groundwork for a COVID recovery and energy transition, Heather Scoffield comments on the importance of making sure resources go…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Nazeem Muhajarine discusses the importance of a response to the coronavirus which recognizes how a virus can change course and pose new…
There’s something that’s poisoning democracy in the United States. Retired US army commander turned historian and author, Andrew J. Bacevich, writes that it’s the toxin Martin Luther King identified as…
As expected, the Senate has refused to convict Donald Trump. Seven Republicans voted to convict, short of the 17 that would have been needed. The evidence of Trump’s impeachable offences…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Duncan Cameron writes about the fundamental choice between austerity and full employment in developing the 2021 federal budget. And Noah Smith points out…
Canada is a member in good standing of the G7, the world’s leading powerhouses. Yet, when it comes to Covid-19, we’re a lowly 37th or 38th in terms of percentage…
Tame Impala – Lost in Yesterday
